It is always difficult to define the one and only measure of poverty, as there are different concepts of poverty based on a number of welfare indicators. The paper discuses main approaches to individual welfare measurement. A measure of individual welfare in the concept of relative deprivation...

This working paper offers an evaluation of the performance of the inland ports of the Slovak Republic within the framework of the Danube Axis, an analysis of the impact of the ports on their territory and an assessment of policies in this field. It examines port performance over the last decades...

Článok sa zameriava na definovanie základných faktorov vplývajúcich na konkurencieschopnosť regiónov a miest a načrtáva postavenie miestnej správy v procese jej zvyšovania. Autor sa v prvej časti textu venuje vymedzeniu pojmu konkurencieschopnosti vo vzťahu k miestu (lokalite) a...